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The Select Committee on Appropriations, having considered the Division of Revenue Bill and submissions made by stakeholders and provinces, recommended the adoption of the Division of Revenue Bill without amendments.
All provinces were in support of the Bill except for Limpopo and Free State as their final mandates had not been submitted at the time of convening the meeting.
The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the share of each sphere of government of the revenue raised nationally for the relevant financial year; each province’s share of the provincial share of that revenue; and any other allocations to the provinces, local government or municipalities from the national government’s share of that revenue, and any conditions on which those allocations are or must be made.
Some of the recommendations that the Committee adopted that affect various government departments following submissions made during public hearings state that both the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation,as well as the Department of Public Service and Administration should, within three months after adoption of the report by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), report to the Committee on the monitoring measures they are applying to ensure that sector departments are capacitated.
National Treasury should report to the Committee within three months after the adoption of the report by the NCOP, on any progress with regard to the facilitation process whereby stakeholders could interact in order to resolve the outstanding issues relating to both the Human Settlements Development Grant and the Municipal Human Settlements Capacity Grant.
Within three months after the adoption of the report by the NCOP, the Minister of Transport and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) should report to the Committee on plans to address the reported congestions in Metro Rail stations at De Wildt and Mabopane respectively.
Within three months after the adoption of the report by the NCOP, the Chief Procurement Officer should brief the Committee on measures in place to monitor compliance of municipalities with procurement procedures as well as cost-cutting measures.
As part of its oversight work, the Committee will convene a meeting with both Eskom And the South African Local Government Association (Salga) – as well as relevant Stakeholders to address what is perceived by Salga as untenable business practices by Eskom.
Issued by Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Appropriations, Ms Seiso Mohai
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